Maritime Heritage Conference Launches Project to Preserve Traditional Wooden Boatbuilding Skills

Theo-Kloet

Cornwall Marine Network attended a conference in Middelburg, Holland, last month which marked the launch of the Traditional Maritime Skills project.

The aim of the EU project is to record wooden boatbuilding skills that are in danger of disappearing as masters of the trade retire.

The £1m trans-national scheme is part of [...]

Cornwall Marine Network Joins EU Campaign to Preserve Wooden Boat Building Skills

Cornwall Marine Network has teamed up with EU counterparts to record the skills unique to wooden boat building that are in danger of disappearing due to an aging workforce.

The trans-national project will see skills recorded in boatyards across Cornwall, Belgium and the Netherlands over the next 12 months. This material will then be [...]